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§ 102-c. Bicycle with electric assist. A bicycle which is no more than
thirty-six  inches  wide  and  has  an electric motor of less than seven
hundred  fifty  watts,  equipped  with  operable  pedals,  meeting   the
equipment  and  manufacturing  requirements  for bicycles adopted by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Part 1512.1  et  seq.
and meeting the requirements of one of the following three classes:

(a) "Class one bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that provides assistance only when the person operating such bicycle is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.

(b) "Class two bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.

(c) "Class three bicycle with electric assist." Solely within a city having a population of one million or more, a bicycle with electric assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-five miles per hour.